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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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